Another word for pretended
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Adjective
Not genuine or sincere
- Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
- Spurious, deceptive, or false:
- Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest:
- Not sincere; not genuine:
- Habitually phony or dishonest:
- Not real; pretended:
- Made-up; fictitious.
- Made by humans, especially in imitation of something natural:
- Not arising from natural or necessary causes; contrived or arbitrary:
- Affected or insincere:
- Acted upon, influenced, or changed.
- Emotionally stirred or moved.
- Infected or attacked, as by disease.
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Another word for pretended
Modifier
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- Present participle of cheat.
- An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.
- Unsporting or underhand.
- Wearing a mask.
- Disguised or concealed as if by a mask:
- Latent or hidden, as a symptom or disease.
- Simple past tense and past participle of conceal.
- Pretended; feigned.
- A deceptive outward appearance.
- The act of teasing or misleading someone, especially for amusement.
- simple past tense and past participle of dissimulate
- Made in resemblance of or as a substitute for another.
- Performed or staged in imitation of a real event or activity:
- Present participle of bluff.
- simple past tense and past participle of sham
- Acted upon, influenced, or changed.
- Emotionally stirred or moved.
- Infected or attacked, as by disease.
- Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended:
- Taken for granted; supposed:
- To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
- To make a pretense of; feign:
- To carry on a deception; dissemble.
- Not real; pretended:
- Made-up; fictitious.
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